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System design principle that deals with the inter-relationships of components

Composability is a system design principle that deals with the inter-relationships of components. A highly composable system provides components that can be selected and assembled in various combinations to satisfy specific user requirements. In information systems, the essential features that make a component composable are that it is:self-contained (modular): it can be deployed independently – note that it may cooperate with other components, but dependent components are replaceable stateless: it treats each request as an independent transaction, unrelated to any previous request. Stateless is just one technique; managed state and transactional systems can also be composable, but with greater difficulty. Wikipedia →

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

  1. Read the overview: ComposabilityA 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: Perpetual Contract NFT as Collateral for DeFi ComposabilityInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: Le fantôme de l'opéraThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: Composability of regulatory sequences controlling transcription and translation in Escherichia coliCited 447 times
  5. Go sideways: Modeling and simulationA closely related topic
  6. Go sideways: Live, virtual, and constructiveA closely related topic

📖 Definitions

Noun The condition of being modular in a variety of ways.

🗂️ The subject at a glance

  1. Simulation theory

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

🆕 Influential since 2022

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